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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 7 Mortality, percent weight loss, resistance class, feeding rate, and precipitated smoke based on wood species and treatment

From: Color change and termite resistance of fast-growing tropical woods treated with kesambi (Schleichera oleosa) smoke

Wood species

Treatment

Precipitated smoke (mg)

Mortality (%)

Weight loss (%)

Resistance class

Feeding rate (μg/termite/day)

Sengon

Untreated

0

22.1 (3.3)

21.7 (4.6)

Va

4.7 (0.5)b

33.2 (7.4)

Smoke-1W

32.1 (8.5)

100.0 (0.0)

9.9 (2.3)

III

3.1 (0.3)

29.8 (9.6)

Smoke-2W

50.7 (5.6)

100.0 (0.0)

9.7 (2.3)

III

3.0 (0.7)

28.9 (6.1)

Smoke-3W

47.2 (6.6)

100.0 (0.0)

8.5 (2.1)

III

2.8 (0.8)

26.4 (7.2)

Average smoke

43.3 (6.9)

100.0 (0.0)

8.7 (1.6)

III

2.8 (0.5)

27.6 (7.9)

Jabon

Untreated

0

16.2 (5.0)

21.1 (9.7)

V

4.3 (0.7)

47.5 (21.7)

Smoke-1W

38.3 (3.0)

100.0 (0.0)

8.1 (1.7)

III

2.6 (0.7)

35.7 (8.9)

Smoke-2W

60.9 (5.0)

100.0 (0.0)

7.9 (2.5)

III

2.7 (0.9)

34.8 (12.3)

Smoke-3W

57.8 (4.9)

100.0 (0.0)

6.9 (1.0)

II

2.1 (0.3)

29.9 (5.9)

Average smoke

52.3 (4.3)

100.0 (0.0)

6.8 (1.2)

II

2.2 (0.5)

28.9 (4.9)

Mangium

Untreated

0

22.3 (5.5)

13.5 (7.7)

IV

3.5 (1.2)

39.4 (21.6)

Smoke-1W

59.0 (8.0)

100.0 (0.0)

6.6 (2.9)

II

2.4 (0.8)

34.1 (13.4)

Smoke-2W

74.5 (5.4)

100.0 (0.0)

6.6 (3.7)

II

2.2 (0.6)

35.6 (18.6)

Smoke-3W

70.7 (5.9)

100.0 (0.0)

5.5 (1.0)

II

2.1 (0.3)

29.5 (6.2)

Average smoke

68.1 (6.4)

100.0 (0.0)

5.1 (0.3)

II

2.0 (0.0)

27.5 (3.0)

Pine

Untreated

0

14.6 (5.3)

20.8 (8.9)

V

4.4 (0.8)

73.4 (37.0)

Smoke-1W

94.9 (28.7)

100.0 (0.0)

7.0 (2.9)

II

2.6 (0.8)

48.2 (18.8)

Smoke-2W

116.6 (47.4)

100.0 (0.0)

8.0 (3.2)

III

2.6 (0.8)

52.1 (20.9)

Smoke-3W

115.3 (17.8)

100.0 (0.0)

5.9 (1.8)

II

2.2 (0.4)

40.7 (12.4)

Average smoke

108.9 (19.4)

100.0 (0.0)

5.5 (1.4)

II

2.1 (0.3)

37.5 (9.7)

  1. Values in parentheses are standard deviations. Values followed by the same letter within the same column are not statistically different according to Duncan’s multiple range tests
  2. 1W = 1 week; 2W = 2 weeks; 3W = 3 weeks
  3. aClassified based on weight loss average
  4. bAverage of six tested wood specimens